Huawei Ascend Mate 3 spotted in benchmarks packing powerful specs

Readers of the site may remember the Huawei Ascend Mate 2, a mid-range phablet at a great price which we reviewed quite favorably earlier this summer. Well it appears that the folks at Huawei have already started preparing the follow-up to their 6.1-inch behemoth, and this times the specifications seem as gargantuan as the screen.

Thanks to the popular AnTuTu benchmark, we now have a pretty clear picture of what is powering Huawei’s upcoming device, including the Kirin 920 octa-core processor (which allegedly outperforms the Snapdragon 805). To supplement the high-powered chip, Huawei have included the capable Mali-T624 MP4 GPU and 2 or 3 GB of RAM. The Mate 3 will run Android 4.4.2, sport a 1080p 6.1-inch display (upgraded from the Mate 2’s 720p panel), and will be packing a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera for the selfie fanatics. Finally the Mate 3 will sport a metal body and will run Android 4.4.2 out of the box. While nothing is set in stone, Huawei is expected to make the Mate 3 official sometime in September. It looks like the Chinese manufacturer is aiming for a more premium handset to carry the Mate moniker into the future.

Jim is a musician/nerd/burrito enthusiast living north of Boston. In his free time (of which he has none) he plays guitar and tinkers with the absurd amount of Android devices he owns. Born and raised on a farm in the backwoods of Vermont, Jim spent a few years after high school traveling the states, settling temporarily on Massachusetts. His first Android phone was an HTC G1, and he's had countless devices since. He is also really good at convincing people to buy stuff. He currently lives with his girlfriend and writes for Talk Android between selling cell phones, playing in a band and running a record label.